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Links to resources about the in-universe Mandalorian culture

• The Complete History of the Mandalorians (combines Canon and Legends material): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf8mpHIXZas

• Script for the above video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qmU72Hiq9p3RlRda_JgWnTXdh8HW5Vradt2EY622810/

• Mandalorian Documentary | 24,000 Years of Honor (combines Canon and Legends material): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awoqOq-n6CQ

• The Battle for Mandalore - The most obscure piece of lore on Mandos (speculation based on material from various sources): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb7YYkI-J7g

• Mandalorian armor suitup + lore tidbits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAXURSDusY

• The Mandalorian Culture *Legends* | Manda-LORE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPogIhSHgS8

• What Was Mandalore Like In The Expanded Universe? | Manda-LORE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQAw-ili6n4

• A fan mashup and reinterpretation of Legends and Canon details about the Resol'nare; good for an overview, but not as a primary source: https://www.tumblr.com/ladyzirkonia/716303392166887424/mandalorian-tenets-or-the-six-actions

• A fan mashup of dialogue from *Star Wars: The Old Republic* glorifying the bloody history of Mandlorians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dj3tytCI24

• "Darasuum Kote... Vode An" — interview with Karen Traviss by Sequential Tart (reveals some details about cultural inspiration and about the source material the author was given to work from): http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=207

• "The Mandalorians: People and Culture" and "No Word for Hero: The Mandalorian Language" from Star Wars Insider #86 (various formats; by Republic Commando author Karen Traviss): https://project-shereshoy.tumblr.com/post/694954333385670656/transcript-gdocs-text-jpeg-files-pdf

• "Inside Mando'a Culture and Language" (background article originally available online; by Republic Commando author Karen Traviss): https://project-shereshoy.tumblr.com/post/695204449221853184/inside-mandoa-culture-and-language

• "The History of the Mandalorians" from Star Wars Insider #80 (JPG only; written shortly before the Republic Commandos books came out): https://mandowords.tumblr.com/post/170798491626/the-history-of-the-mandalorians-star-wars

• "Groß machen Kriege niemanden: Mandalorianer im Wandel der Zeit" ("Wars don't make anyone great: Mandalorians through the ages"); information bridges between Legends and Disney canon:
  https://www.jedipedia.net/wiki/Jedipedia:OSWM_104

• "Keine Mandalorianerin wie jede andere: Mandalorianer im Wandel der Zeit — Teil 2" ("No Mandalorian like any other: Mandalorians through the ages — Part 2"); information bridges between Legends and Disney canon:
  https://www.jedipedia.net/wiki/Jedipedia:OSWM_106

• Mandalore's Helmet (Mand'alor Canderous Ordo discusses Mandalorians in the KOTOR2 video game): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFb5i_IZ52w

• Republic Commando: Hard Contact audiobook playlist (Legends material): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnvLVKk_HoWtiF9bBF7A0WYWHpqSYo2bf

• Republic Commando: Hard Contact animated series playlist (based on the book; incomplete as of 2022; Legends material): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZPQD_qkaADyuHqUlrL8u8y4PIjnAPJZl

• Republic Commando: Triple Zero audiobook playlist (first few chapters as of 2022; Legends material): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnvLVKk_HoWs64egi9ePuDem0knjr87Vh

• Jango Fett: Open Seasons audio comic, issue 1 (Mando'a with English subtitles; Legends material): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rb8Jx1aO0U

• Wookieepedia Canon lore: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mandalorian

• Wookieepedia Legends lore: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mandalorian/Legends

• Wikipedia article about Mandalorians in all media: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalorians

• Mandalorians in the Movies (Tumblr post by Project Shereshoy)

• Overview in French of the Mandalorian people and culture (primarily Legends material): https://swtor-rp.webrpg.info/t2410-Culture-Les-Mandaloriens.htm

• Overview in German of the Mandalorian people and culture (a mix of Legends and Disney canon): https://www.jedipedia.net/wiki/Mandalorianer

• "Celts and Mandos: a real case study" by Karen Traviss: https://web.archive.org/web/20060706125546/http://blogs.starwars.com/karentraviss/106

• Mandalorians were not based on Spartans, per Karen Travis in a post timestamped "Dec 15, 2005 06:17 PM" on this page:
  https://web.archive.org/web/20070825000605/http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=237751&start=450

• Text of a conversation with Mandalore Canderous Ordo in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (be sure to expand all dialogue trees): 
  https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_II:_The_Sith_Lords/Mandalore

• Text of Mando Romances from the Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) video game. Useful for seeing a couple of viewpoints of fictional Mandalorians. The Mando’a pronunciation and grammar ranges from terrible to great.
  Video of many Torian Cadera conversations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivBhB09GVnE
  Text of Torian Cadera romance: https://torcommunity.com/database/npc/SqOKZq2/torian+cadera/
  Video of many Akaavi Spar conversations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLf1IQlCJA8
  Text: https://torcommunity.com/database/mission/NCysmx2/welcome+akaavi+spar/

• Mandalorian Old Republic Lore Entries from the Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) video game. https://swtorista.com/articles/mandalorian-old-republic-codex-lore-entries/

• How the portrayal of Mandalorians have changed over time in the Star Wars media: https://www.quora.com/How-have-Mandalorians-been-portrayed-in-Star-Wars-How-has-this-portrayal-changed-over-time/answer/Eric-Lowe-6

• Quotes from Order 66 related to the act of cin vhetin: https://sites.google.com/view/hibirarmandoa/bajur/mando-droten/cin-vhetin

• Notes about holidays, memorials, and celebrations of in-universe Mandalorians: https://sites.google.com/view/hibirarmandoa/bajur/mando-droten/holidays

• Notes about funerary practices, including physical memorials to the dead: https://sites.google.com/view/hibirarmandoa/bajur/mando-droten/funerary-practices

Links to resources about Earth Mando culture

Different people have different ideas about how to live the Mandalorian culture on Earth. This is a small selection of different ideas.

• Vodcast 2: Culture and Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ULcx0ZPGU

• Vodcast 4: Oya'cye sa Mando'ad: Resol'nare (in Mando'a and English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3eD__lpLZI

• The Resol'nare Children's Rhyme - Mandalorian Culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hltq5ReGWdo

• Sur'gaane par Resol'nare (Pictures for the Six Actions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKuolbvcECM

• Resol'nare as a song: https://www.tumblr.com/it-is-no-desert/651646123874844672/a-little-melody-i-made-up-for-the-resolnare-was?source=share

• How to be Mandalorian in Real Life:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsSDeJ-kG_k

• Blog about Mando realism: https://mandorealism.tumblr.com/

• Link to a document about one Earth Mando clan's ideals: https://www.facebook.com/AliitbuirKyramgalaarSolusvhoyad/posts/pfbid0i3oGAQUgyyqkhWZMRwhV8Rdf7rowYPfmgePXPNDnN668TxwTzocCJy5AZUcqta4l

• Links to a selection of Mandalorian recipes: https://sites.google.com/view/kihgehatike/kai

• Early discussion on Mando realism on the mandoa.org site: https://forums.mandoa.org/viewforum.php?f=28&sid=567121013f3acc5defa2f85b8b441be1

• Mando realism servers with channels devoted to essays and resources about the culture on Earth:
  Oyu'baat (look for the Resources category, especially the culture-and-lore resources channel): https://discord.gg/CPhU2YnvcU
  Project Shereshoy Archive (look for the Resol'nare category): https://discord.gg/mAmXpWtnPz

Mandalorian food

• Information from the source material about Mandalorian cooking: https://sites.google.com/view/hibirarmandoa/bajur/mando-droten/food-discussion

• Words and phrases related to food from the base Mando'a dictionary: https://sites.google.com/view/hibirarmandoa/pirimmur/food

• Links to several Mando-themed recipes: https://sites.google.com/view/kihgehatike/kai

Mandalorian art

• Notes and links to reference images for art (writing, music, and visual arts) on Earth and in-universe: https://sites.google.com/view/hibirarmandoa/bajur/mando-droten/art

Fan-versions of in-universe songs

• Resol'nare: https://www.tumblr.com/it-is-no-desert/651646123874844672/a-little-melody-i-made-up-for-the-resolnare-was

• Recitation of "Buy'ce gal, buy'ce tal": https://soundcloud.com/shadowsouln7/mandalorian-drinking-song

• Sung version of "Buy'ce gal, buy'ce tal": https://soundcloud.com/fraser-anna/buyce-gal-buyce-tal-mandoa 

• "Vode An" (Mandalorian version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_1VtQdF34

• "Vode An" (Mandalorian version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjrHY9Ikd10

• "Dha Werda Verda": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjrHY9Ikd10

• "Aliit Ori'shya Taldin": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_KrBdIl2sw

• "Vode An" (on 16" bes'bev): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yah1G6JkvjQ

Primary Legends reading list

Additional information can be found in comics (including Jango Fett: Open Seasons, Knights of the Old Republic Omnibus 1-3, Tales of The Jedi: The Sith War, Marvel Star Wars #68-69, Star Wars Legacy #41, and a few others), but those are expensive to acquire in physical form, but might be available on Kindle. Ask in your favorite Mando realism server for recommendations.

Republic Commando novels (a series written by Karen Traviss; now considered EU/Legends, but those who follow Mando realism draw inspiration from these works)

• Hard Contact (2004)

• Triple Zero (2006)

• True Colors (2007)

• Order 66 (2008)

• 501st (2009)

Other Mandalorian-related material by Karen Traviss 

• Mandalorians: People and Culture and No Word for Hero: The Mandalorian Language (article in Star Wars Insider 86, 2006); also available: https://archive.org/details/7_20220909_20220909/page/n9/mode/2up

• Inside Mando'a Culture and Language (once hosted on official online forums); also available: https://archive.org/details/sw-insider-86-online-supp-mando-a-culture-and-language

• Boba Fett: A Practical Man (Traviss, 2006)

• Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines (Traviss, 2006)

• Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice (Traviss, 2007)

• Legacy of the Force: Revelation (Traviss, 2009)

Relevant Disney Television Show Episodes

For those interested in significant current Canon references to the Mandalorian people and their culture. 

• The Clone Wars, Season 2, Episodes 12-14

• The Clone Wars, Season 3, Episode 6

• The Clone Wars, Season 4, Episode 14

• The Clone Wars, Season 5, Episodes 14-16

• The Clone Wars, Season 7, Episodes 9-12

• Rebels, Season 2, Episode 13

• Rebels, Season 3, Episode 7

• Rebels, Season 3, Episodes 15-16

• Rebels, Season 4, Episodes 1-2

• Star Wars Forces of Destiny, Season 2, Episode 11

• The Mandalorian, Season 1, Episode 3

• The Mandalorian, Season 2, Episode 3

• The Book of Boba Fett, Season 1, Episode 5

Additionally, this video provides some background on some of the original design decisions behind the Disney representation of the Mandalorians.

• Star Wars The Clone Wars Season Two: Creating Mandalore Featurette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs21QP1czZg

Official Star Wars Site

Browse the databank for Disney canon information about Mandalorian characters, ships, gear, and places, plus overviews and episode guides. The search feature works best if you know what you’re looking for.

https://www.starwars.com/databank

Real-World Development of Mando'a

Examinations by various people of what they discovered about the real-world development of Mando'a.

• A History of Mando’a: https://numidianprime.wordpress.com/2022/01/25/a-history-of-mandoa/

• History of Mandalorian Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZTqCn0BZwM

• Development History: The Mandalorian Alphabet: https://project-shereshoy.tumblr.com/post/668753830966657024/development-history-the-mandalorian-alphabet

• Inside Mando'a Culture and Language (by the original conlang author): https://archive.org/details/sw-insider-86-online-supp-mando-a-culture-and-language

• Quotes by the original conlang author from various sources about influences from real-world languages, plus similarities that fans have noticed and a link to an interview with Jesse Harlin: https://sites.google.com/view/hibirarmandoa/bajur/hibirar/mandoa-earth-influences